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Motivation & Inspiration

International Women’s Day

SoCal Lifestyle with Ashley Z
International Women’s Day 2020

Growing up, I always wanted to be Wonder Woman!  I had the Underoo’s, and I was her for Halloween one year too.  (As was my Dad! Lol!) I used to spin around and around until I was dizzy, hoping to have her superpowers when I stopped!

Little did I know that one day, I would grow up to be a Wife, a Mom and a business owner. There are so many things women do that make them wonder women! Raising children, working while raising children, having the patience to stay home with their children, having high powered careers, making it on their own financially, owning their own businesses, organizing & maintaining households, keeping up with various schedules, cooking, cleaning, caring for others, taxi drivers… and the list goes on.

I love every minute of being a Wonder Woman!  It takes a lot of work and often times goes unrewarded and unrecognized.  But today is a great day to tell every woman out there, how wonderful you are.  No matter what category you fall into, you are beautiful, perfect and important! YOU ARE WONDER WOMAN!

Motivation & Inspiration

EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON

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Everything Happens for a Reason. 🅔 🅗 🅕 🅐 🅡. Sounds cliché, right? And it’s usually the very last thing someone going through something unpleasant wants to hear. BUT, I believe in my very heart of hearts that it’s true. I honestly do.

I’m a glass is half-full, kind of girl. I want to believe that even bad things are part of a bigger plan. I believe in God’s plan. I want to believe that when life gives you lemons, you should make a lemon drop. 🍋

I’ve had many ups and downs in life. Some of them painful. And while I couldn’t see what good could come out of the bad situation while I was in the middle of it, I wanted with all my heart and soul to believe there was a reason for it.

At the end of the day, after all the tears and sorrow were gone, I found some rays of hope 🔆and happiness and joy. The pain of loss is now just a distant memory and I gained some new friends and a lot of strength along the way. 💪🏼

Perhaps I’m just a big romantic or maybe I’m not what is considered a “realist”, but I am most definitely hopeful and want to believe there is a small amount of good in everything and everyone. So, I DO believe that everything happens for a reason. Because changes in our life, whether good or bad, happen for a reason and sends us on a path to a meaningful lesson or maybe even our next adventure! 🚀